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that the machine shall be more thoroughly the arch-bar withthe side barsof the sulky UNITED STATES Y PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV. ENGELMANN, OF SELMA, TEXAS.

SULKY-L|STEFL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,288,dated November 25,1902.

Application filed August 21,1902.

Be it known that I, GUSTAV ENGELMANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Selma, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Sulkytion. 1

This invention relates to sulky-listers for planting listed corn,cotton, and other crops; and it is animprovement on the device for whichLetters Patent of the United States, No. 696,555,were granted to me onthe 1st day of April, 1902.

The present invention has for its object to provide a machine whichshall be compact, consisting of but few parts, in which the parts lyingbetween thesupporting-wheels shall be brought more closely together thanheretofore, so as to allow the machine greater freeconsequently enablingsharper corners to be turned.

A further object of the invention is to so arrange the component partsof the device under the control of the driver.

A further object is to so construct andarrange the parts that they shallbe mutually braced, thereby enabling a light-weight im-- plement to. bemade which shall be capable of resisting any strain to which it may besubjected.

A further object is to bring the seat-sup porting bars more closelytogether than in my former patent, thereby allowing the driver morefreedom of movement, so that he may more thoroughly and satisfactorilycontrol the operation of the machine.

With these and other ends in view the invention consists in the improvedconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts,which will behereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of-a machineconstructed in accordance with this invention, the rear wheel havingbeen removed. Fig. 2is a top plan viewof themachine. Figs. 3 and 4 areperspective views, on a larger scale, showing in detail one of thecorner-pieces which connect frame, said corner-piece being seen fromopposite sides. Fig.5 is a perspective detail Serial No. 120,516. on)model.)

view of the arch-bar of the sulky-fr'ame. Fig. 6 is a sectional detailview taken on the line 6 6 in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a perspective detailView of the U-shaped clip which supportsthe seat-bars.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated by similarnumerals of reference.

In the construction of the frame of my improved sulky-lister twocast-iron corner-pieces are employed, the same being cast in right andleft hand patterns. In Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings I have shown one ofsaid corner-pieces as seen from the front and rear sides, the saidcorner-piece being the one which is located at the right-hand side ofthe machine when viewed from the front. The said corner-piece consistsof a vertical sleeve 1, having a laterally-extending flange 2, the

rear side of which is provided with a vertical groove 3. A side wall 4extends forwardly from the outer edge of the flange 2, and said sidewall is connected with the said flange and with the sleeve 1 by a pairof horizontallydisposed brackets 5 5.

The side wall 4 is provided with perforations 6, disposed intermediatelybetween the brackets 5 5, and the flange 2 is likewise provided withseveral perforations 7 for the reception of the fastening means to behereinafter referred to.

The sleeves 1 1 form bearings for the axles 8,-which are of theconstruction usually employed in this kind of devices, being verticallydisposed in their respective bearings and provided at their lower endswith cranks or stubs 9, forming spindles upon which the hubs 10 of thewheels 11 are journaled. Suitable means, such as nuts 12 and correlatedparts, may be used for retaining the vertical axles 9 in their bearings.

before referred to, as may be the means for connecting the said axleswith the forwardlyextending arms 13 and the laterally-extend- Thesemeans may be the same as shown in my former patent, hereiningfoot-levers 14:, whichlatter, aswill, be

seen, are curved slightly in a forward and in an inward direction, so asto come wellwithin reach of the feet of the driver, the location ofwhose seat will be presently described.

15 designates the arch-bar of the machine, which has been shown indetail in Fig. 5 of the drawings, by reference to which it will be seenthat it comprises a transverse bar 16, provided at its ends withrearwardly-extending arms 17, the rear ends of which are bent downwardlyto form brackets 18, which engage the grooves or recesses 3 in the rearsides of the flanges 2 of the corner-pieces, where the said bars arerigidly secured by means of connecting-bolts passing through theperforations provided for that purpose in the said brackets and flanges.The side bars 19 19 are bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to the innersides of the side walls 4 of the cornerpieces, where they are disposedbetween and braced by the horizontal flanges 5. These side bars areextended forwardly for a short distance in front of the member 16 of thearchbar and are thence bent inwardly toward each other and then againforwardly, engaging the sides of the tongue 20, with which they areconnected by means of transverse bolts 21.

22 designates the plow, which is connected with thetongue bymeansofadraftattachment which is identical in construction with that shown inmy former patent, as is the construction and arrangement of the seedbox23, the covering-disk 24, and intermediate parts,of whichfurtherdescription is therefore deemed unnecessary. The plow-beam is inlike manner provided with a bearing-block 25, in which is journaled acrank 26, the ends of which are provided with studs 27, journaled inhangers 28, that are suitably supported by the side bars 19.

28 designates a rack-segment, which is bolted orotherwise suitablysecured directly upon the righ-hand-side arm 17 of the arch member 15.To the segment 28 and concentrically therewith is pivoted a bell-cranklever 29, the short arm of which is connected by a link-rod 30 with thecrank-supporting plow, so that by manipulating the said lever the plowmay be raised or lowered, as may be desired. The lever 29 is providedwith the usual locking mechanism, consisting of a spring-actuated pawlor dog 32, engaging the rack-segment and manipulated by means of ahandle 33, connected with the lever. The under side of the arm 17, whichsupports the rack-segment and related parts, is connected by means of adiagonal brace 34 with the front end of the corresponding corner-pieceof the frame, the lower end of said brace being preferably secured bythe same bolt 35 which serves for the securement of one of the side bars19. In this manner I am enabled to construct the arch-bar ofcomparatively light material and yet attain the degree of strength andrigidity which is indispensable in a device of this class.

' ment shall in this manner be transmitted between the two axles. Suchmovement is controlled by the driver by means of the foot-' levers 14,which, as will be readily understood, may be operated so as to adjustthe wheels to guide the machine in any desired direction.

37 is a hooked rod the inner end of which is connected with thecross-bar 16 of the arch by means of a clip 39. The free hooked end ofthis rod is adapted to engage a perforation 38 in one of the arms 13,thereby securing it and the corresponding bar at the other side of themachine connected therewith by the rod 36 immovably in position when itshall be desired to guide the machine in a straight forward direction,thus avoiding irregularities in the course which might be occasioned bythe driver unconsciously shifting the positions of the foot-levers 14.

4O designates a clip the sides of which engage the sides of the tongue,against the under side of which the said clip is supported. The sidearms 41 of the clip are connected by a bolt 42, which serves for theattachment of the seat-supporting bars 43 43, which are extendedrearwardly, as shown, and which support the seat 44. The tongue 20supports an upright brace 45, which in turn forms a central support forthe cross-bar 16 of the archbar, which is thereby materially braced andenabled to support the weight carried thereby. Upon the front side ofthe brace 45 is bolted or otherwise secured a U -shaped plate or clip46, the vertical arms of which, 47, extend slightly beyond the outersides of the vertical post or brace 45, so as to form supports for theseat-supporting bars 43, one of which is thus disposed on either side ofthe post 45 and between it and the adjacent clip-arm 47. The side arms41 of the clip 40 are provided with a plurality of perforations, wherebythe point of attachment of the front ends of the seat-bars may beregulated. Said seat-bars being supported upon the clip-plate 46 as upona fulcrum are thus capable of being adjusted for the purpose of raisingor lowering the seat, as may be desired or found necessary.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawingshereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention will bereadily understood. The general construction of the device is verysimple, and by the improvements herein shown and described a machine isproduced capable of bringing about the best practical results and thelightness and simplicity of which will commend it to those skilled inthe art to which it appertains.

I desire it to be understood that while I have in the foregoingdescribed the preferred construction of my invention I realize thatstructural changes may be made without detracting from the utility ordeparting from the spirit and scope of myinvention. I therefore reservethe right to any changes and modifications which may be resorted towithout changing the nature of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- 1. A corner-piece comprising averticallydisposed sleeve having a lateral flange extending inwardlytoward the center of the machine, and a side wall extending forwardlyfrom said flange.

, 2. A corner-piece comprising a verticallydisposed sleeve having alateral flange extending inwardly toward the center of the machine, aside wall extending forwardly from said flange, andhorizontally-disposed brackets connecting said side wall with saidflange and sleeve.

3. A corner-piece comprising a verticallydisposed sleeve having alateral flange extending inwardly toward the center of the machine andprovided with a vertical recess in its rear side, a side wall extendingforof the corner-pieces.

5. In a machine of the class described, a sulky-frame comprisingcorner-pieces consisting of vertically-disposed sleeves having lateralflanges, grooved in their rear sides, side walls connected with andextending forwardly from said flanges, and horizontally-disposedbrackets connecting said side walls with said flanges and sleeves 5 anarched member consisting of a cross-bar having rearwardly-extending armsterminating in downwardly-extending brackets engaging and securelyconnected with the flanges of the corner-pieces; side bars securedbetween the horizontal flanges of the corner-pieces, to the side wallsof the latter, and extended forwardly, inwardly and thence againforwardly; and a tongue clamped between the front members of said sidebars.

6. The combination of the corner-pieces,the side bars secured to saidcorner-pieces and extended in the direction of each other, the tongueclamped between said side bars, the

arch-bar secured to the corner-piecesand having a forwardly-extendedcross member, a supporting-brace interposed between the latter and thetongue, a U-shaped clip-plate secured to said supporting-brace and theseatsupporting bars supported by said U-shaped clip-plate on oppositesides of the supportingbrace and having adjustable connection at theirfront ends with a point of attachment supported by the tongue.

7. In a sulky-frame, the combination of a supporting-brace spacing thetongue and the superimposedmember of an arch-bar connecting thewheel-frames, supporting means upon said'brace,seat-bars resting uponsaid support ing means, andmeans for the attachment of the front ends ofsaid seat-bars adjustably with relation to the tongue.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination of thecorner-pieces, the arch-bar connecting the said corner-pieces andconsist in g of a transverse memberhavin g real-wardly extending armsterminating in downwardly extending brackets secured to the flange members of said corner-pieces, the side bars secured to the side walls ofthe corner-pieces, extended forwardly, inwardly, and again forwardly,the tongue clamped between said side bars, hangers upon said side barssupporting a crank, a plow, pivotal connecting means between the crankand the plow-beam, a racksegment supported upon one of the side membersof the arch-bar, a bell-crank lever having a dog engaging said rack, alink-rod connecting the shorter arm of the bell-crank'with the cranksupporting the plow, and a brace connecting the under side of the sidemem* ber of the arch-bar supporting thefrack-segment with theapproximate corner-piece, the connecting means being one of the bolts bymeans of which the proximate side bar is secured to said corner-piece.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAV ENGELMANN.

